Match-safe.



` PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905 .v P. PAQUETTE. MATCH SAFE.

Armromllm FILED Nov. ze, um.

IINITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application tiled November 28, 1904. Serial No. 234,653.

To all 71171/0717J it Wray concern:

Be it known that I, PETER PAQUETTE, of New Albany, county of Floyd, andState oi Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Match-Safe; andI do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which like ligures refer to like parts.

The object ot'V this invention is to provide an improved match-sateadapted to receive an ordinary pasteboard match-box in which the matchesare purchased at retail.

The nature oiE the invention will be understood from the accompanying'drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match-safe with abox of matches therein. Fig. 2 is a central vertical crosssection of thematch-safe with the matchboX removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view oi' thebottom of the rear member of the match-safe. Fig. 4 is an elevation ofthe upper end of the rear member of the match-safe.

In detail there is a base 10, a i'ront member 11, and a rear member 12,that together with a set-screw 13 constitute the entire article. Thebase along its upper front edge and sides is provided with anupwardly-extending iiange 14, within which and on top of the base thefront member 11 is adapted to fit. Said front member has a base portionwith a hole in it through which the set-screw extends, whereby said partof the match-safe is clamped to the base. Said front member has sideportions, the upper ends ot' which are narrow, while the lower ends arewidened substantially as wide as the base of the front member and themain base. The front face o1u the front member is cut out to provide twodownwardly-extending prongs 15, separated from each other somewhat andalso separated by space from the sides. The lower iront wall of saidmember is cut away at 16, so as to make it convenient to insert thethumb and nger into the match-safe to remove a match. To make thisconvenient, the prongs 13 are both pressed rearwardly, as shown in Fig.2, so as to hold all the matches in the safe above the lower front wallaway from said front wall and permit the lower matches to falloutagainst the front wall and make them readily accessible. The rear membermoved.

12`is bent inward somewhat between its upper and lower ends to bearagainst the match-box 18 when it is placed in the safe. Said rear memberhas a bottom portion turned forward at a right angle and resting uponthe bottom of the front member and having a longitudinal slot 21,through which the set-screw 13 cxtends, whereby the position otl saidrear member is adjustable toward and away from the front member toenable the safe to receive match-boxes of varying sizes and to hold thematch-box clamped in place after it has been inserted. The upper end ofthe rear member 12 has a slot 22 whereby the device can be hung on atack or nail in the wall.

In use an ordinary match-box 18 is taken in its normal condition andone-halt' of one side is cut away transversely, as indicated by dottedline 23 in Fig. l, so that when placed in the match-safe the match-boxwill have no lower front wall. Consequently the matches by gravity rolldown and against the parts of the front member of the sate. The prongs15 prevent the matches from rolling out of the safe and hold back theupper matches, so that the lower matches can be readily re- This enablesa person to obtain readily one or more matches, ii' desired.

The device is cheap and simple and well adapted for practical use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-n 1. A match-sate, the front face of which is vertical and is cutaway vertically along' each side some distance above the bottom and alsocentrally between said laterally-cut-out portions to provide downwardlyextending prongs that at their lower ends are bent inward out of linewith the face of the matchsafe, and the lower portion of the `face ofthe match-safe being centrally cut away leaving a portion of the face ateach side thereof in line vertically with the main part ot' the face ofthe match-safe to prevent the escape of the matches at the bottom oi'the case and yet permit their easy removal.

2. A match-safe consisting of a base, a front member secured theretowith its front face cut out so as to leave a pair of downwardlyextendingprongs that at their lower ends are bent inward outof line with thefront face of the match-safe, a rear member parallel with the frontmember, means for securing said rear member to the base so that itsposimy signature in the presence of the wtnesses tion may be adjustedwith reference to the herein named.

front member, and a match-box ttting between said front and rear memberswith the PETER PAQUETTE lower front portion thereof eut away, sub-Witnesses:

stantially as set forth. VLLLIAM M. MIX,

In witness whereof I have hereunto axed LEVI H. SCOTT.

